Centipede (Scolopendra sp.) envenomation in a rural village of semi-arid region from Falcon State, Venezuela;Envenenamiento por ciempiés (Scolopendra sp.) en una población rural de la zona semiárida del estado Falcón, Venezuela

Revista de Investigacion Clinica

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 712-717

  Acosta, María ^a,b   Cazorla, Dalmiro ^b  

^a Hospital Universitario Dr Alfredo Van Grieken   (Venezuela)

^b Universidad Nacional Experimental Francisco de Miranda   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Clinic manifestations; Envenomation; Epidemiology; Scolopendra sp.; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARTHROPOD VENOM; HYDROCORTISONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; RINGER SOLUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOSE RESPONSE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVENOMATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; INCIDENCE; INSECT BITE; INVERTEBRATE; MALE; NIGHT; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT REFERRAL; RURAL AREA; SEMIARID CLIMATE; SUMMER; SYMPTOM; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENEZUELA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VENOMS; ARTHROPODS; BITES AND STINGS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL HEALTH; VENEZUELA;

EID: 14844303505     PISSN: 00348376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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